New episode!! 🎙️🎉
A conversation w/ @vivek123.bsky.social about Man the Hunter.
The idea that male hunting propelled our evolution is old and contested. Yet it endures, especially in the popular imagination. Is it merely a "paleofantasy," or is there more to it?
Listen: disi.org/is-man-the-h...
Really enjoyed this chat with @vivek123.bsky.social!
We work through the history of Man the Hunter ideas, the current status of the evidence (archaeological, ethnographic, etc.), and three splashy recent "debunkings."
Also, of course, some fun detours along the way.
This is a great episode - fascinating paper and topic, and Kensy does a good job of pushing beyond the paper for some frank discussions about things like the responsibility of scientists for how academic research is (mis)represented in the popular consciousness.
The sexual division of labour regarding house construction shows a very consistent pattern cross-culturally: women usually construct the shelters in nomadic societies, while in sedentary societies men do it.
Good episode
This podcast interview with Vivek Venkataraman (@vivek123.bsky.social) explores work coauthored by Baylor Anthropology's own @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social. Well worth a listen!
While I've seen both men and women building Hadza huts, much more often it is women (pictured). The sexual division of labour lit has zeroed in on hunting-vs-gathering; but much less is said about women's differential contributions to water-fetching, food-preparation, cooking, and house-building.
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To mark 60 years since the Man the Hunter conference (1966), Hunter Gatherer Research is curating a two-part special issue on “Lessons and Reflections from Hunter-Gatherer Research”
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/hgr
A thread on the two issues & formats👇
This episode focuses on a paper by @vivek123.bsky.social and colleagues, 'The Meanings and Dividends of Man the Hunter,' available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Commentaries on the article are available here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
The first issue aims to curate a collection of reminiscences and interviews from senior hunter-gatherer scholars. The second will focus on local perspectives and hunter-gatherer voices, which have long been central to the production of knowledge but remain underrepresented in academic publication.